Hey Guys,

Im preparing a checklist of things to get the Stanza over rego soonish, one of the things im troubled with is the roof lining. I was a bit reckless when i was stripping it 5ish years ago and have tossed the whole roof lining...

So now i need one, i have nothing, no bars, no lining. Im considering the following course of action as this car isnt for show, its for fun.

Gluing lino to the roof with a hole cut for the interior light. But i dont know if rego requires the bar things? if this is acceptable to rego standards? What sort of glue should i be using? If it falls down a month later i dont really care, i just need it to pass rego.

failing that, ill try and source a stanza being wrecked and pinch its roof lining but i figured the first option would be cheaper/easier.

Any thoughts/ideas/shutdowns welcome.

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Simon,

1978 Stanza, undergoing track spec build.

Lino's to heavy i reckon, Maybe just some thin dress material, We have a bit left over from a few frocks we knocked up for the last Mardi Gra, HA HA Just kiddin, Any material shop. We are wrecking a stanza can remove hood lining and tensioner rods pretty cheap Happy to freight them.

just take it to the rego place and ask them if you need it , they might not care!

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Hey i just realised why you thought of Lino. Youve been listening to to much Lionel Richie Dancin on the sealin. If you rolled the car on its roof you could turn up you stereo and start doin the electric boogaloo.

i suggest the old contact adhesive and "meltrim"

it is like a furry carpet like material which has no backing.

best thing is it stretches and when you cut ityou just need a knife blade and you can fuzz up edges to cover joins

relatively cheap and very easy to work with

you can cheat (pending roof design of your stanza) but just glue round the edges and if you have a stiffner that run across the roof, just stick it to that so it still floats.

looks quite alright and used to do this when decking out vans for transport vans (like stereo equipment etc) and ambulances.


(great sound deadner)

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"the 910 is the poor man's 510"

Dan is right here guys...

Ive used this stuff many times, and it can make anything look good...!

Lino... I was like wtf haha

Simon

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1971 1600 FJ20 Turbs
1968 1000 VB10 Deluxe wags

Where Do you get this stuff im looking at options for me 1200 wagon ?

we do all tyeps of stuff like that at my work...really good to work with and makes utes and vans look great and hides heaps. The carpet is pretty cheap just need to find a supplier for it, we use daily's here in perth, dont know if they have more around australia. We also use super grip 1000 glue and holds up pretty well with temps

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71 1200 sedan! now a a14 turbo project

Its moot now, bought a parts car and nicking its roof and carpet.

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Simon,

1978 Stanza, undergoing track spec build.

So i now have a roof lining at my disposal but the the thing seems to be glued under the windscreen rubbers on the inside, is there an easy way to get it out without tearing it up?

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Simon,

1978 Stanza, undergoing track spec build.

You can get a Stanley knife with a good blade pull back the rubber and cut along. Or if you real keen pop the screens out then you will have a lot of overhang to put it back, but i imagine your not pulling your other screens out. So just cut as deep inside the rubber as you can. You will have to glue it under the rubber best you can let it set and come back and put it all in and do the other end, That's if you want tension on it. Selley's Kwik Grips the go get the brush on stuff and a small brush and don't be shy with it.

DONT CUT THE RUBBER,windscreens come out easily with a bit of rope tucked in all the way around the seal from the inside of car and they push out.the rope holds the rubber outwards all the way so there snothing left holding it i figured this method out when i was 8 so it cant be too hard.takes me a couple minutes per windscreen.its only the tared in windscreens that are a bastard to get out

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69 510 - current build - L20b turbo
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Yeah correction there. Didnt mean cut the rubber i meant to get a blade down between rubber and roof lining. This is providing you dont want to remove screens and keep the car sealed up as best you can.

what sorta glue should i be using in the edges? Should i go to repco or spotlight for ths kinda glue?

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Simon,

1978 Stanza, undergoing track spec build.

The glue is called 'contact adhesive'.
You can buy it from hardware stores, auto part stores and probably even Spotlight.
Last tin i bought was from Supercheap and was made by K&H...